Varnæs Sogn
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Varnæs ( German Warnitz ) |
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 Denmark
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| Region : | Syddanmark | ||||
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Municipality (since 2007) : |
Aabenraa | ||||
| Coordinates : | 55 ° 1 ' N , 9 ° 34' E | ||||
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Population : (2020) |
1,301 | ||||
| Postal code : | 6200 Aabenraa | ||||
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Varnæs (German: Warnitz ) is a municipality in the Syddanmark region , Denmark . It belonged to Harde Lundtoft Herred in what was then Aabenraa-Sønderborg Amt until 1970 , after which the parish was expanded to include the rural municipality of Bovrup and belonged to Lundtoft Kommune in what was then Sønderjyllands Amt , which became part of the municipal reform on January 1, 2007 in the "new" Aabenraa Municipality in the region of Syddanmark has risen.
Municipal area
The community is located at the exit of the Aabenraa Fjord in the Little Belt . Neighboring municipalities are in the west of Felsted and to the east in the area of Sønderborg Municipality the community Ullerup . On January 1, 2020, 1301 people were still living in the municipality, 462 of them in the village of Varnaes and 495 in Bovrup .
history
In King Waldemar II's earth book from 1231, Varnæs is mentioned as a special royal estate in Sundewitt . From 1241 at the latest, the Duchy of Schleswig had an increasingly independent policy towards the Kingdom of Denmark, but remained a Danish fiefdom . In 1313 the administration of the royal estates in the duchy was finally transferred to the duke. Varnæs formed its own lower judicial district ( Birk ). Some researchers assume that the church village was even on the way to gaining city rights or at least the status of a town .
Since the 14th century, large parts of Sundeved, to which Varnæs belonged, and the neighboring Lundtoftharde came into the possession of nobles. Individual possessions fell to church institutions. Varnæs was not affected by this and retained its special status. The other large village in the parish - Bovrup - was, however, divided between numerous lords, the Schleswig Cathedral Chapter and the Nikolaikirche in Flensburg .
Despite spatial separation, Varnæs was attached to the Aabenraa office and came with this to the Dukes of Gottorf in the course of the division of the country from 1544 . In 1713 and formally in 1721 King Friedrich IV succeeded in bringing Gottorf's share in the Duchy of Schleswig under his rule. Most of the Sundeved neighboring Varnæs, however, still belonged to the divided Duchy of Glücksburg and did not become royal again until 1779.
The Birk Varnæs was gradually extended to the whole parish of Varnæs from 1777 , by including Bovrup. The beginning was made in 1777 by the former properties of the cathedral chapter. In 1811 the Blansgaard estate followed, in 1852 the owners of the Duke of Augustenborg and finally in 1853 the farms and houses under the other aristocratic estates and the Nikolaikirche in Flensburg .
The Birkvogt and the farmers of Birks Varnæs were careful to maintain their independence from the neighboring districts, although the Birk was too small as a separate judicial and administrative district. However, the two main villages did not work together in all respects and, among other things, formed their own poor and school districts.
In 1867 the Duchy of Schleswig became Prussian . During the judicial reform of 1867, Warnitz was placed under the new district court in Aabenraa , and from 1869 Warnitz and Baurup formed two rural communities in the newly designed Aabenraa district . They were still considered to be quite wealthy and benefited from the economic upswing after the construction of the Apenrader Kreisbahn . In Warnitz, buildings from this period have survived to this day, which have more of an urban than a rural character and which testify to the optimism of that time.
When it came to national sentiment, the population was predominantly Danish. This was also evident in the referendum on citizenship in 1920 , when there was a clear Danish majority in Varnæs. From then on the community belonged to the now Danish Aabenraa office . While almost all Danish municipalities were either towns or parishes, Varnæs and Bovrup continued to form independent administrative units in North Schleswig . Otherwise only the Nordborg country church game with the communities Holm and Pöhl followed this concept.
The Danish National Socialist Workers' Party (DNSAP) was formed parallel to the rise of National Socialism in Germany . It had its stronghold on the Sundewitt and especially in the parish of Varnæs. This was probably because the party leader Frits Clausen came from Aabenraa and lived in Bovrup. However, the party achieved only modest success across the country, even during the German occupation of Denmark . In addition to the DNSAP existed from 1935 also NSDAP -Nordschleswig resulting from the conformist party of the German minority was formed.
The administrative reform in 1970 brought the end of the independent administration of Varnæs and Bovrup. The parish was henceforth part of the new Lundtoft municipality , which also includes the neighboring parish Felsted and the parish of Kliplev , which is spatially largely separate from this . Since 2007, the municipality has been part of a new large municipality with its center in Aabenraa.
Economy and Transport
The community is agricultural and partly touristic oriented. A bakery that was known throughout Denmark for its fat cakes was closed in 2005. The main road between Aabenraa and Sønderborg runs near Baurup in the south of the municipality . The lines of the Aabenraa Amts Jernbaner with stations in Varnæs and Bovrup were closed in 1926. The next train station today is Gråsten . There are buses to Aabenraa and Sønderborg every two hours with Sydtrafik.
Attractions
The steep coast on the Warnitz Bay is one of the most beautiful in North Schleswig. The beach is largely suitable for swimming.
The church dates back to the 12th century.
Sons and daughters of the church
- Gynther Hansen , Danish writer (1930-2014)
swell
- JP Trap: Danmark - Aabenraa-Sønderborg amter . 5th edition. GEC Gads Forlag, Copenhagen 1967, p. 946-953 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> KM1: Befolkningen January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, so and folkekirkemedlemsskab (Danish)
